I've been a fan of Timney Triggers for many years. They have all been smooth. Installed one today on a Remington 700 and the safety ( on / off) movement was gritty. Tried it first dry, straight out of the box. Action was not mounted in a stock. Started lubing it and that helped but never got the grittyness out of it. Trigger functions flawlessly. Perhaps that is just a characteristic of this model..... IDK